Ball-target



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R. T. & M. L. CROUCH.

BALL TARGET.

INVENTORS WITNESSES:

litre STATES ATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS T. CROUCH AND MOSES L. CROUCH, OF PLYMOUTH, ILLINOIS.

BALL-TARG ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 339,150, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed September 29, 1885. Serial No. 178,511. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that w e, RUFUS T. CROUCH and MOsEs L. CROUCH, of Plymouth, in the county of Hancock andState oflllinois, have invented a new Ball-Target,called the American Cigar- Shooter, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists in constructing a ball-target having three or more targetheads -on its front side, and constructed with suitable mechanism inside t-hetarget that will indicate when one of the target-heads is hit by shooting or throwing out a cigar or other similar article, all of which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the target, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.

Similar letters refer to like parts in each figure, of which A represents the target,which is constructed with three or more apertures 0r perforations, about two inches in diameter, on the front side, in which the target-heads are loosely fitted. A short distance above each of these apertures are similar apertures or per forations in the target, in whichthe tubes 0 c c are fitted. The targetheads s s s and their mechanism, as shown in Fig. 2, operate independently of each other. The following is the manner in which they are constructed: The target-head s is firmly attached to the outer end of the rod a. This rod extends back and is pivoted to the lever d, which lever is pivoted near its center to a cross-bar. At the upper end of this lever the rod 6 is pivoted, which extends outward, and a head, i, is placed on the outer end, which is loosely fitted in the tube 0, which tube is firmly attached to an upright bar. This tube 0 has a part of the upper side cut away sufficient to allow cigars or other similar articles to be placed in it, the outer end extending out even with the front of the target.

The operation is as follows: The operator stands at the required distance from the target. Cigars or sticks of candy are placed in the tubes 0 c c,just in front of the head t. The operator with common base-balls throws at the target-heads s s s, and when one ishit theforce of the ball drives the head back a short distance with a quick movement, which, by means of the rod (1 and lever d, is imparted to the rod 6, the front end of which strikes the article in the tube and shoots it out, indicating that one of the headsshas been hit. The spiral spring a acts as a cushion, and also presses the head 8 back, after being hit with the ball, to its shown position, which also brings all the mechanism in position again.

Having thus described ouriuvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a ball-target, in combination with asupporting-frametl1erefor,tl1eroda,having firmly attached at its outer end the target-head s, the lever d, pivoted near its center, and pivoted at the lower end to the rod (1, and pivoted at the upper end to the rod 6, in combination with the rod e and tube 0, in which a disk on said rod plays, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

I R. T. CROUCH. M. L. CROUCH.

Witnesses:

O. H. WOODWARD, I. N. J EFFRIES. 

